When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.
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But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.Robert B. Laughlin
My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.
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I, for example, used to take appliances apart when they broke in an attempt to fix them, which I rarely did successfully, being a kid.
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The experience that firmly placed me on a course toward a professional career in science was the four years I spent as an undergraduate at Berkeley.
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I owe my interest in mathematics to my father, or more precisely the sense that mathematics was something important and mysterious.
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